Size-indicator.



0. o 2a .L G 0 ..0 8 .ol n B .l a n.1 G. F S .U L B. A. 2. 8 0., 9 5 60. N

SIZE INDICATOR.

(Application led'Apr. 4, 1900.)

(No Model.)

/ggyms A WOHNEYS W/ TVE SSE S 1H: Ncnms PETERS co. PNo'ro-Ln'no..WASHINGTON, u. c.

UNT-Ten STATES ABRAM B. LUSTIG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PATENT @Finca SIZE-INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,082, dated October2. 1900.

Application filed April 4. Vi900.

To all whom, t may con/cern,.-

Be it known that I, ABRAM B. LUs'rIG, a citi-` zen of the United States,and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in. thecounty and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Size- Indicators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My 'invention relates to devices for indicating on the outside of boxesthe sizes of the articles contained therein-for instance, the sizes ofhats contained in a hat-box.

The object of my invention is to provide an indicator having separablesections, each of which will correspond to one of the art-iclescontained in the box, so that if, such article is removed from the boxthe correspending section of the indicator may be detached, theremaining portion ofthe indicator thus showing at a glance not only thatone of the articles has been removed, but what sizes are left in thebox.

The invention will be fully described hereinafter and the features ofnovelty pointed out in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of a hatbox provided with my improvedindicator. Fig. 2 is a detail View of the indicator with one of itssections torn off. Fig. 3 shows a hat with the torn-off section insertedin the band thereof 5 and Fig. 4 is a sectional detail of the hat-box,showing the manner of attaching the size-indicator.

Hatters generally pack hats in boxes containing three hats, which as arule are of` three different sizes, or two of them may be of the samesize. It frequently happens that one or two hats are removed from thebox, and it will therefore be obvious that a serv iceable size-indicatorshould not only indicate the sizes of the hats originally in the box,but aord'means for readily changing the inV` dication upon removal of ahat or two. To accomplish this, l secure to the hat-box an indicatorhaving a plurality of separately-detachable sections. As shown in thedrawings, the indicator comprises a body preferably formed with an uppermember A and a lowermember A', with a crease or fold A2 between them.The indicator may be made of any suitable material, generally of paper.The crease A2 is adapted for engagement. with the upper edge B' of thehat-box B, and preferably the back of the body is gummed, so as tofacilitate fastening it to the box in the position illustrated in Fig.4. It will be seen that ,with this construction the rim C' of the coverC laps over the lower or outer mem ber A of the indicator-body, saidportion being therefore made of a height approximately equal to that ofthe rim C. The rim C' assists in holding the member A' in position andprevents the accidental tearing off of portions thereof. With the bodyof the indicator are separately connected, at the lower edge of themember A,the sections or size-marks A3, preferably by means of narrowconnecting-strips A4. The lower or free ends of the sections arepointed, as at A5, so that a section when detached may be readilyinserted in the band of a hat, as shown in Fig. 3. Preferablyperforations A6 are provided at the junction of the strips Al with thebody member A', so as to facilitate tearing off. The backs of thesections A3 are not gummed, so that they will be entirely loose, exceptfor their connection with the member A', and will have a tendency tostand away slightly from the box B,

as shown in Fig. 4. bear suitable size-numbers A7, either printed orwritten upon them.

From a hat-box having the indicator shown in Fig. l the salesman orclerk can tell at a glance that it contains three hats of the respectivesizes seven and one-eighth, seven and 'one fourth, and seven and threeeighths. These size-marks are clearly visible at arelatively-considerable distance, so that they may be seen readily evenwhen the box stands on a top shelf. Should, for instance, thesevenand-one-fourth hat be taken out to be placed in the window or in ashow-case where hats are exhibited for sale or for any other purpose,the corresponding (central) section A3 will be torn off, as shown inFig. 2, and this section may be inserted in the band of the hat, as inFig. 3. The indicator will then show at a glance that the box now onlycontains two hats of the sizes seven and one-eighth and seven andthree-eighths,respectively. Should The several sections A3 IOO thescven-and-one-eigh th hat be removed also, the left-hand section A3 willbe detached, leaving only one section, with seven and threeeighths, onthe box.

It will be seen that my invention provides a simple and .inexpensivesize-indicator for hat-boxes and the like, the device being: readilyattached to the box and indicating, if used as above described, thenumber of hats or other articles contained in the box at any time andtheir sizes. The adaptability of the torn-off indicator-sections assize-marks to be attached to the article also is a useful feature of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A box provided with a size-indicator comprising abody having an upper and a lower member, with a crease or fold betweenthe members, the lower member extending on the outside ofthe box, andthe upper member located within the box and fastened thereto, the creaseor fold between said members engaging the upper edge of the box and thelower member extending downward a distance about equal to the width oithe rim or cover, and indicating-sections each terminating at its lowerend in a point, and each indicatingsection having a relatively-narrowstrip at its upper end by which it is detachably connected with thelower edge of the lower body member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ABRAM B. LUSTIG.

Witnesses:

JOHN LoTKA, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL.

